اللَّهُمَّ إنِّي أَسْألُكَ إيماناً لا يَرْتَدُّ، ونَعِيماً لا يَنفَدُ، ومُرَافقَةَ نَبيِّنَا محمِّدٍ صلَّى الله عَليْهِ وسَلَّمَ في أعْلَى دَرَجَةِ مِنَ الجَنَّةِ جَنَّةِ الخُلْدِ

Siwaak / Miswaak

سِوَاكٌ‏ : في ‏(‏الصحيحين‏)‏ عنه صلى الله عليه وسلم‏:‏ ‏(‏لَوْلا أن أَشُقَّ على أُمَّتى لأَمَرْتُهُمْ بالسِّواكِ عند كُلِّ صلاةٍ‏)‏‏.‏ وفيهما‏:‏ أنه صلى الله عليه وسلم كان إذا قامَ من اللَّيل يَشُوصُ فَاهُ بالسِّوَاكِ‏.‏ وفى ‏(‏صحيح البخارى‏)‏ تعليقاً عنه صلى الله عليه وسلم‏:‏ ‏(‏السِّوَاكُ مَطْهَرَةٌ لِلْفَمِ، مَرْضَاةٌ للرَّبِّ‏)‏‏.‏ وفى ‏(‏صحيح مسلم‏)‏‏:‏ أنه صلى الله عليه وسلم كان إذا دَخَلَ بيته، بدأ بِالسِّوَاكِ‏.‏

والأحاديثُ فيه كثيرة، وصَحَّ عنه من حديث أنه استاك عند موته بسواك عبد الرحمن بن أبى بكر، وصَحَّ عنه أنه قال‏:‏ ‏(‏أكْثَرْتُ عَلَيْكُم في السِّوَاكِ‏)‏‏.‏ وأصلح ما اتُخِذَ السِّواكُ من خشب الأراك ونحوه، ولا ينبغى أن يُؤخذ من شجرة مجهولة، فربما كانت سُماً، وينبغى القصدُ في استعماله، فإن بالغ فيه، فربما أذهب طَلاَوةَ الأسنان وصقالتها، وهيأَها لقبولِ الأبخرة المتصاعدة من المَعِدَة والأوساخ، ومتى استُعمل باعتدال، جلا الأسنان، وقوَّى العمود، وأطلق اللِّسَان، ومنع الحَفَر، وطيَّب النَّكهة، ونقَّى الدِّمَاغ، وشَهَّى الطَّعام‏.‏

وأجود ما استُعمل مبلولاً بماء الورد، ومن أنفعه أُصولُ الجَوْز‏.‏ قال صاحب ‏(‏التيسير‏)‏‏:‏ ‏(‏زعموا أنه إذا استاك به المستاك كلَّ خامسٍ من الأيام، نقَّى الرأس، وصفَّى الحواسَّ، وأحَدَّ الذهنَ‏)‏ وفى السِّوَاك عدة منافع‏:‏ يُطيِّب الفم، ويشد اللِّثَةَ، ويقطع البلغم، ويجلو البصرَ، ويُذهب بالحَفَر، ويُصحُّ المَعِدَة، ويُصفِّى الصوت، ويُعين على هضم الطعام، ويُسَهِّل مجارى الكلام، ويُنَشِّطُ للقراءة، والذِّكر والصلاة، ويطرُد النوم، ويُرضى الرَّبَّ، ويُعْجِبُ الملائكة، ويُكثر الحسنات‏.‏ ويُستحَبُّ كلَّ وقت، ويتأكد عند الصلاة والوضوء، والانتباهِ من النوم، وتغيير رائحة الفم، ويُستَحب للمفطر والصائم في كل وقت لعموم الأحاديث فيه، ولحاجة الصائم إليه، ولأنه مرضاةٌ للرَّبِّ، ومرضاتُه, مطلوبة في الصوم أشدَّ من طلبِها في الفِطر، ولأنه مَطْهَرَةٌ للفم، والطهور للصائم من أفضل أعماله‏.‏ وفى ‏(‏السنن‏)‏‏:‏ عن عامر بن ربيعة رضى الله عنه، قال‏:‏ رأيتُ رسولَ الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ما لا أُحْصى يَستاكُ، وهو صائمٌ‏.‏ وقال البخارىُّ‏:‏ قال ابن عمرَ‏:‏ يستاكُ أول النَّهار وآخره‏.‏ وأجمع الناسُ على أنَّ الصائم يتمضمض وجوباً واستحباباً، والمضمضةُ أبلغُ مِنَ السِّواك، وليس لله غرضٌ في التقرُّب إليه بالرائحة الكريهة، ولا هي من جنس ما شُرِعَ التعبُّدُ به، وإنما ذكر طِيب الخُلوف عند الله يوم القيامة حثّاً منه على الصوم؛ لا حثاً على إبقاء الرائحة، بل الصائمُ أحوجُ إلى السِّوَاك من المْفطرِ‏.‏ وأيضاً فإنَّ رضوان الله أكبرُ من استطابتِه لخلوف فم الصائم‏.‏

In the Sahihain, it is narrated that Prophet Muhammad Sallallaho Alaihe Wasallam said : “If it was not for the fact that my nation would not be able to bear it, I would have ordered them to use Siwaak before every prayer”. In addition, in the Sahihain, it is also narrated that: “Whenever Prophet Muhammad Sallallaho Alaihe Wasallam would wake up at night, he would clean his mouth with Siwaak”. Bukhari narrated that Prophet Muhammad Sallallaho Alaihe Wasallam said : “Siwaak cleanses the mouth and pleasures the LORD (Allah)”. Sahih Muslim narrated that whenever Prophet Muhammad Sallallaho Alaihe Wasallam would enter his house, he would first use the Siwaak”.

An authentic Hadith narrated that before he died, Prophet Muhammad Sallallaho Alaihe Wasallam used the Siwaak. Prophet Muhammad Sallallaho Alaihe Wasallam said: “I have troubled you by frequently stressing using the Siwaak”.

The best type of Siwaak is made from Arak trees. Furthermore, one should not use an unknown tree for Siwaak for it might be poisonous. Siwaak should be used moderately, because it might cause the coating of teeth to wear away and thus the teeth will be susceptible to hot vapors or gasses that ascend from the stomach and to all kinds of dirt. When Siwaak is used moderately, it will polish the teeth, strengthen the roots of teeth, help the tongue, prevent plaque, perfume the breath, clear the mind and strengthen the appetite.

The best way to use Siwaak is by soaking it in rose water. In addition, a good quality of Siwaak is also made from the roots of walnut tree. The author of At-Tayseer said, “It was said that when a person uses Walnut's root Siwaak once every five days, it will clear the head, sharpen the senses and alert the mind”. Siwaak is beneficial for many reasons, such as perfuming the breath, strengthening the gingiva, clearing the phlegm and the sight and preventing cavities. It preserves the health of the stomach, clears the voice, helps the digestion process, helps make the speech clear and encourages one to recite the Quran, remember Allah and pray. Siwaak fights sleepiness, pleases the Lord, delights the angels and increases the number of the good deeds. Siwaak is preferred at any time, especially before the prayer, ablution, when waking up and when the mouth emits foul odor, It is preferred for those who are fasting and all other people at all times. There are Ahadith that allow this practice for those who are fasting, because it is beneficial for them and it pleases the Lord. Pleasing the Lord when one is fasting is even more desired than at other times. Siwaak cleans the mouth, and cleanliness for the fasting person is one of his best deeds.

In the Sunan, it is narrated that Amir bin Rabi’ah said: “I saw the Messenger of Allah (Sallallaho Alaihe Wasallam) on numerous occasions using the Siwaak while he was fasting”. Bukhari narrated that Ibn Umar Radi Allaho Anh said that Prophet Muhammad Sallallaho Alaihe Wasallam used the Siwaak at the two ends of the day.

There is a consensus that the fasting person rinses his mouth while performing ablution, and rinsing the mouth is an obligation or a more preferred act than using the Siwaak. Allah Does not have a use for the people to worship him while their mouths are emitting foul odor, nor is it an act of worship. When Prophet Muhammad Sallallaho Alaihe Wasallam mentioned that the odor (of the mouth) which a fasting person emits is better in Allah’s Sight than the scent of Musk, he meant to encourage the practice of fasting, and not the practice of allowing the mouth to emit foul odor. Hence, the fasting person needs the Siwaak more than anyone else. Using Siwaak does not prevent the good scent that Allah Creates in a fasting person’s mouth on the Day of Resurrection. Rather, the mouth of the fasting person will smell better than Musk on the Day of Qiyamah (Resurrection) as a sign of his observing the Fast, even if the Siwaak removed the odor that used to come from his mouth. Similarly, whoever suffers a wound (for the sake of Allah) in this life is commanded to remove / clean the blood from his wound in this life, but his wound would still have the color of blood on the Day of Resurrection.

Furthermore, Siwaak does not completely removes the odor of mouth (for the fasting person) because its reason still remains, that is, the stomach being empty of food. Only the effect of this fact will be lessened from the teeth and gums.

Prophet Muhammad Sallallaho Alaihe Wasallam taught his Ummah (nation) the preferred and the disliked acts of the Fast. He did not mention the Siwaak among the disliked acts although he knew that his Sahabah (companions) were using it. Rather, he encouraged them in general to use the Siwaak and they saw him using it himself at innumerable occassions, knowing that they could imitate him. Never did he discourage them from using Siwaak in the afternoon (when they were fasting).

سُبْحَانَ الذي تَعَطَّفَ بالعِزِّ، وقَالَ بهِ، سُبْحَان الذي لَبِسَ المَجْدَ وتَكَرَّمَ بهِ، سُبْحَانَ الذي لا يَنبَغِي التَّسْبِيحُ إلاَّ لَهُ سُبْحَانَ مَن أحْصَى كُلَّ شَيءٍ بِعِلْمِهِ، سُبْحانَ ذِي الفَضْلِ والطَّوْلِ، سُبْحَانَ ذِي المَنِّ والنِّعَمِ، سُبْحَانَ ذِي المجدِ والكرمِ سُبْحَانَ ذِي الجَلالِ والإكْرامِ.اللَّهُمَّ لا تَكِلْنِي إلى نَفْسِي طَرْفَةَ عَينٍ ولا تَنزِعْ مِنِّي صَالِحَ مَا أعْطَيْتَنِي

Kabaath (Arak Tree Fruit)

كَبَاثٌ : فى "الصحيحين": من حديث جابر بن عبد الله رضى الله عنه، قال: كُنَّا مع رسولِ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم نَجْنِى الكَباثَ، فقال: "عليكم بالأسْوَدِ مِنْهُ، فإنَّه أطْيَبُه

الكَباث بفتح الكاف، والباء الموحدة المخففة، والثاء المثلثة ثمرُ الأراك. وهو بأرض الحجاز، وطبعُه حار يابس، ومنافعُه كمنافع الأراك: يُقَوِّى المعدة، ويُجيدُ الهضمَ، ويجلُو البلغمَ، وينفعُ مِن أوجاع الظهر، وكثيرٍ من الأدواء. قال ابن جُلْجُل: إذا شُرِبَ طحينُه، أدرَّ البَوْلَ، ونقَّى المثانة، وقال ابنُ رضوان: يُقَوِّى المَعِدَة، ويُمسكُ الطبيعة

In the Sahihain, it is narrated that Jabir bin Abdullah Radi Allaho Anh said, “We were with the Messenger of Allah (Sallallaho Alaihe Wasallam) collecting Kabath when he said, collect the black colored Kabath because it is the best type.”

Kabath is the fruit that grows on the plant called Arak which grows in the area of Hejaz and whose branches are used for Siwaak. It is hot and dry and carries the same benefits as the Arak tree. It is beneficial for strengthening the stomach, helping the digestion, dissolving phlegm and relieving back pain and several other illnesses. Ibn Juljul said, “Drinking its soup produces urine as a diuretic, and cleanses the bladder & prostate”. In addition, Ibn Radhwan said, “The Kabath strengthens the stomach and constipates (mildly)”.

You can aslso watch the video below:

كباث / ثمر الأراك ~ Kabbaath… fruit of Miswaak tree

كباث، فاكهة الأنبياء